Quotes from the Movie 21 Grams

Did you know that eating alone could cause kidney damage? And that's BAD.

Paul Rivers

Just... disappear.

Paul Rivers

I can't keep going like this. The insemination, the child. It's like we're trying to put a Band-Aid on something that's just been bled dry.

Paul Rivers

So this is death's waiting room.

Paul Rivers

What I doing in this precorpse club?

Paul Rivers

The earth turned to bring us closer. It turned on itself and in us, until it finally brought us together in this dream.

Paul Rivers

There's a number hidden in every aspect of life.

Paul Rivers

We've been a fraud for a long time, Mary.

Paul Rivers

There are so many things that have to happen for two people to meet.

Paul Rivers

Ah. The culprit.

Paul Rivers

How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twenty-one grams. The weight of a stack of five nickels. The weight of a hummingbird. A chocolate bar. How much did 21 grams weigh?

Paul Rivers

You know what I thought when mom died? I couldn't understand how you could talk to people again, how you could laugh... again. I couldn't understand how you could play with us. And no, no that's a lie, life does not just go on.